AnalyzeDirect Bossong MG, Mehta MA, van Berckel BNM, Howes OD, Kahn RS, Stokes PRA. Further human evidence for striatal dopamine release induced by administration of 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC): selectivity to limbic striatum. Psychopharmacology (Berl). March 2015.
Publication Date
March 2015
How Analyze was Used
“Activity was assessed for each ROI as the volume weighted average of left and right regions using Analyze software (www.analyzedirect.com). Activity in the overall striatum was calculated as the volume weighted average of all three striatal ROIs.”
Keywords
∆9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
[11C]raclopride
Cannabis
Dopamine
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
Striatum
Author Affiliation(s)
Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Department of Psychiatry, A01.126, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands. (MGB, BNMvB, RSK)
Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK. (MGB, ODH)
Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK. (MAM)
Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (BNMvB)
Psychiatry Group, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK. (ODH, PRAS)
Centre for Affective Disorders, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK. (PRAS)
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Tags: [11C]raclopride, ∆9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), Cannabis, Dopamine, Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Striatum